Throwing Little Thought Pebbles at Your Windshield Since 1996

I was in the car for 14 of 36 hours this past weekend (took a jaunt to Philly and back for my son to do an audition). I talk a lot in the car, because I like to entertain myself that way, keep the driver alert, and drive everyone else in the car crazy. We […]

The latest Apple operating system is due out this week. Or soon. I can’t keep up, to be honest. Anyway, I decided this would be a good place to list my pet peeves and almost all of them are related to music apps, which is interesting. In particular order: 1. I hate hate hate how […]

I have some things I’m thankful for this year. Some things I’m not, but now is not the time for that. Talk to me next week for complaints. My son, for finally learning where everything goes when he empties the dishwasher, and for being the one person who consistently makes me belly laugh. That sarcasm […]

I posted a link to the original St. Jody Day post back in 2009 (the first official St. Jody Day) on Facebook and Twitter. It is here. Go catch up, and then come back. I think in the 4 years since then, we have learned a few things and we should add more items to […]

Welcome to class, students of “What makes Jody laugh.” We will go deep into Rifftrax and MST3K (“The Power of Mocking Humor”) but also the following: Weird juxtapositions (signs, bad captions or the wrong video in news reports) Funny foreign packaging (aka dollar store humor) Theater of the Absurd (The Jerk, Arrested Development, Batman TV […]

I own a ton of Christmas music. I will not apologize for it. I used to have a page on the site that documented it all, with links to Amazon. Back when people used to care about me, my link was on page 1 of the Google results for Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack. THAT was […]

For those who want to be me, here’s a current to-do list to copy into your own palm pilot or hipster PDA. Process 1700+ photos from 13: The Musical and upload them to maplebarnphoto.com for the nice parents of the nice children who entertained us this weekend Put away the suitcase from my January trip […]

I do not have the ability to give advice on being a better writer. I have the ability to give advice on just about anything and everything else, including how to choose a tomato (no skin flaws and it should smell like a tomato), but being better writer? Well, I suppose I could try, if […]

I do not have the ability to give advice on being a better writer. I have the ability to give advice on just about anything and everything else, including how to choose a tomato (no skin flaws and it should smell like a tomato), but being better writer? Well, I suppose I could try, if […]